Back in the early 80s when the fitness movement really took off, there was a focus put on what was called "total fitness", it was made up of several component's, Muscular strength, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, and body composition, at that time, Arthur Jones was still the owner of Nautilus, and his then focus was more on research than selling Nautilus machines (he had made his fortune by then), he had assembled a team of experts in physiology in Florida to help him conduct his research. One of the things that Jones set about to prove and did, is that you could improve all aspects of "total fitness" with a well designed strength training program.

When it comes to Aerobic or steady state activity, it'll do only some of those things, but mostly it will be counterproductive, as well as that, contrary to popular belief it isn't a good method for fat loss, one pound of fat can fuel the body for up to 10 hours of steady state activity, the most important contribution exercise makes to a fat loss program, is the maintenance of lean muscle tissue, strength training is the only reputable method of maintaining muscle mass. Aerobic's of the other hand, can actually cause you to lose muscle. But, my main issue with steady state activity, is the damage / wear and tear element.

I am absolutely fucking obliterated and crawled into the kitchen and started shoveling food into my mouth hole. My strength must return or I may die. My brain doesn't seem to realize my muscles have atrophied.

My strength is finally returning. My deadlifts feel very strained because of a lower back injury that put me out of commission for a month of deadlifting so I am taking it easy. Still, no pain, and I feel great.

I took yesterday to rest. I will go for a jog tomorrow but I am keeping my mileage low till my strength totally bounces back.

I don't really crave attention from my exercise habits. But it's really nice when a stranger notices my physique and comments on it. Mom and I are moving and I will not have the space to lift at home so I need a gym membership; as such since my Five Fingers are my only shoes I need to get a pair of over shoes to wear on my walk to the gym in the Winter. So I went to a local shoe store to look at the stock and the woman commented on my physique. I was very flattered to have someone notice my hard work.

I am very excited to be getting a gym membership. With access to more equipment I can push my physique even further to it's limits. I am giddy.

My father also reached out to me today after us not having spoken in a year or so.

8-9-13I ran my old route today, 3.1 miles. I'm not even gonna post the time cause I got tired and stopped to walk, then got a stitch and stopped again, then I just quit 1/4 mile from home. This route is A LOT more technical and has A LOT more elevation gain. Needless to say I am going to stick with my new 3 miler which does not suck.

I am positive this brutal route was shortening my training periods before rest.